At this stage, researchers need to:

We offer advice and support for developing publication plans that avoid the potential for duplicated publications over time

Our medical writers can check that manuscripts meet the latest reporting guidelines (e.g. CONSORT, SPIRIT, STROBE, and ARRIVE)

We can translate and edit research materials prepared in other languages, such as questionnaires, standardized instruments (forward-translations and back-translations), and informed consent information sheets

Other Author Training Program helps researchers to:

• Comply with reporting guidelines (e.g. CONSORT, STROBE, STARD, and PRISMA) and publication standards
• Follow the latest publication ethics (e.g., on authorship, copyright, image creation and manipulation, and plagiarism) to avoid possible violations and correction/retraction of published papers; see also our feature articles in Publishing Tips
• Decide whether a publication plan would be helpful for lengthy or complex research
• Identify solutions to examples of real-life ethics problems that researchers can face

At this stage, researchers need to:

Our team of translators, editors, and writers offer advice and support on a number of activities:

• Selecting suitable journals
• Translating, editing, and writing of manuscripts to express the research clearly, logically, and authoritatively
• Checking that the journal's guidelines for authors are followed and the necessary documentation is prepared for submission
• Identifying when the manuscript contains elements of plagiarism or self-plagiarism, and advising how to address instances identified
• Solving problems in the writing and submission process

We offer workshops, seminars, consultations, and e-learning activities for individuals and for groups and teams on numerous aspects of writing; for example, establishing good logical flow at 4 levels, avoiding common English errors in academic writing, writing effective case reports, understanding the latest publication ethics, avoiding overstating your findings, and responding effectively to peer reviewers. See also our feature articles in Writing Tips.

At this stage, researchers need to:

We offer support that includes:

• Translation and editing of the revised manuscript to ensure the newly added text and original text fit well together
• Translation and editing of the responses to the editor and reviewers, including alerting the authors to responses that may not address the comments received

At this stage, when the manuscript is accepted, researchers need to:

We can help in the following ways:

• Offering advice and support on authors' rights associated with subscription publishing versus open access publishing (Creative Commons licenses, etc.)
• Answering authors' questions about specific documentation required by publishers
• Advising on how to obtain permissions to use previously published figures, tables, etc. (if not done so earlier in the submission process)

We can complete a check of the page proofs (galleys) prior to publication to correct minor typesetting errors before publication; publishers may ask for this final check to be completed within 48 hours.